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 Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:42 pm
State your favorite deity, the culture it comes from ( Greek mythology, Roman, Norse, etc.) and why you favor them.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 1:49 pm
My favorite would be the goddess, Artemis, deity of the moon and hunting in Greek mythology. I am attached to this particular goddess because of her independence, infinite charity to young girls, and " I-don't-need-a-man" attitude.Also I have always had a special fascination with the moon.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 3:41 pm
I've always really liked Persephone, Greek queen of the underworld. I always found the story behind her interesting and I've always been drawn to creepy characters, you can't get much creepier than the king of the underworld. I particularly enjoy how her story explains the seasons.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:03 pm
Saber Pendragon I've always really liked Persephone, Greek queen of the underworld. I always found the story behind her interesting and I've always been drawn to creepy characters, you can't get much creepier than the king of the underworld. I particularly enjoy how her story explains the seasons. A most interesting tale, indeed. It says she was hypnotized in the beginning, but always the romantic that I am, I'd like to think that the spell eventually wore off and she still loved him just the same.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:08 pm
Haruka_saphire A most interesting tale, indeed. It says she was hypnotized in the beginning, but always the romantic that I am, I'd like to think that the spell eventually wore off and she still loved him just the same. I like to think the same. I know I would. ^//^
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:20 pm
Saber Pendragon Haruka_saphire A most interesting tale, indeed. It says she was hypnotized in the beginning, but always the romantic that I am, I'd like to think that the spell eventually wore off and she still loved him just the same. I like to think the same. I know I would. ^//^ Ya, and I'd like to believe that he truly loved her. Hades gets a helluva lot of flack, but he isn't really "evil". Today's cultures all primarily consist of religions that have an evil deity that is believed to reside down in the core of the earth, or in a dark cold place. These theories are leaking from one culture to another, so the Satan of Christianity ,for example, is becoming increasingly confused with Hades.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:30 pm
Haruka_saphire Ya, and I'd like to believe that he truly loved her. Hades gets a helluva lot of flack, but he isn't really "evil". Today's cultures all primarily consist of religions that have an evil deity that is believed to reside down in the core of the earth, or in a dark cold place. These theories are leaking from one culture to another, so the Satan of Christianity ,for example, is becoming increasingly confused with Hades. I never thought he was evil, he's just construed that way by modern standards which is really too bad. He's an interesting character as well.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:56 pm
Haruka_saphire Saber Pendragon I've always really liked Persephone, Greek queen of the underworld. I always found the story behind her interesting and I've always been drawn to creepy characters, you can't get much creepier than the king of the underworld. I particularly enjoy how her story explains the seasons. A most interesting tale, indeed. It says she was hypnotized in the beginning, but always the romantic that I am, I'd like to think that the spell eventually wore off and she still loved him just the same. No, it doesn't. Persephone was kidnapped, and kept in the Underworld until Demeter managed to get Zeus to intervene. The only reason she ever had to go back was because she ate 6 pomegranate seeds. I can imagine she herself became used to it, and she could well have come to love him, but Demeter never got used to it, and NEVER forgave her brothers. Anyway, my favourite godess is Bast, godess of the home and of disease from Egyptian mythology.
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:27 pm
Krissi-Chaos [ Anyway, my favourite godess is Bast, godess of the home and of disease from Egyptian mythology. I'm sure im not alone in this, but don't you think it is weird for the goddess of the home to be the goddess that brings disease in to the home as well?
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Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:06 pm
I was quite fond of Artemis as well, and held her as my patron for a few years, despite her misandry. I favored her for her connections to the moon and wilderness, and saw a bit of a warrior nature in her huntress aspect. My favorite since then has been Fenrir, the Scandinavian wolf-god of chaos and destruction. Since first reading of him, I've found it rather amusing how the gods self-fulfill the prophesy of the carnage he causes at Ragnarök. For anyone who doesn't know the story, it was prophesied that when Ragnarök (the end of the world) began, Fenrir would run rampant across the world, sowing destruction and leaving ruin in his wake; and that when the last mortal lives were lost and the gods went to war with their ancient enemies, the giants, Fenrir would swallow whole Odin (the chief of the gods). To prevent this, the gods brought him to their sides while he was young, to keep a close eye on him. They treated him well for a time, as well as they treated each other. He grew very large, and they began to fear him as he only continued to grow. They started trying to trick him into bondage, daring him to allow them to tie him up to showcase his strength in breaking out. He eagerly accepted each contest, breaking sturdy ropes, then a series of ever-stronger chains every time. Desperate for something that would hold him, the gods went to the dwarves, who were renowned as exquisite magical artisans, and commissioned a work from them. The result was Gleipnir, an enchanted ribbon said to be crafted of several nonexistent things (such as the sound a cat's footfalls, the beard of a woman, roots of a mountain, etc). Fenrir was instantly suspicious when they brought it before him to break. But they promised if he could burst it, he would be freed from their realm, so he reluctantly agreed, on the condition that one of them place their hand in his mouth, to ensure there would be no trickery. They bound him with the ribbon, and he found he couldn't break out. Instead of letting him out, as they'd promised, they anchored the free end of Gleipnir beneath a heavy rock, and drove it deep into the earth. Fenrir bit off the hand that had been placed in his mouth, then a sword was placed between his jaws (pommel against his lower jaw, and the point sticking into the roof of his mouth) to keep him from biting anyone else. And there he would lie until Ragnarök, seething with rage for the gods who imprisoned him for no reason but their own fears, waiting for his chance of vengeance, and longing for the death of Odin, who --more so than all other deities-- was responsible for his imprisonment. Ironic, eh? I also rather like Skoll (translated to english means "mockery"), one of Fenrir's sons. There isn't much information on him, but he and his brother, Hati ("hater") were associated with the movement of the sun and moon, as Skoll chased the sun across the sky, and Hati chased the moon. It was said that when Fenrir was freed before Ragnarök, the brothers would finally catch their quarry and devour the celestial bodies, plunging the world into darkness and a dire winter that would last until the next world was born from the ashes of the current one. Haruka_saphire Ya, and I'd like to believe that he truly loved her. Hades gets a helluva lot of flack, but he isn't really "evil". Today's cultures all primarily consist of religions that have an evil deity that is believed to reside down in the core of the earth, or in a dark cold place. These theories are leaking from one culture to another, so the Satan of Christianity ,for example, is becoming increasingly confused with Hades. Nope, he wasn't evil. Such concepts as good and evil didn't exist in pre-christian Europe. He was a dreaded and grim figure, for his association with death, and I imagine him to have become quite embittered, being left to take responsibility over the dark and dreary underworld while his younger siblings took control of grander domains, such as the sea and sky. But he was never evil or malicious. In fact, kidnapping and entrapping Persephone was the worst thing he was ever said to have done. Greek myth notes more acts of kindness on his behalf than mean-spirited ones. Krissi-Chaos Anyway, my favourite godess is Bast, godess of the home and of disease from Egyptian mythology. I know Bast was a goddess of felines, protection and the sun. I've never found any source associating her with disease though... Haruka_saphire I'm sure im not alone in this, but don't you think it is weird for the goddess of the home to be the goddess that brings disease in to the home as well? Ancient peoples worshiped deities whose influence included negative forces (such as disease) for that deity's protection from those forces. The deity was rarely blamed for causing them.
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 12:29 pm
Bast had nothing to do with the sun as far as I'm aware... But yes, she has something to do with disease, which makes sense as if you keep a bad home you will get sick. Or at least that's what my lecturers tell me 3nodding
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Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 3:45 pm
Krissi-Chaos Bast had nothing to do with the sun as far as I'm aware... But yes, she has something to do with disease, which makes sense as if you keep a bad home you will get sick. Or at least that's what my lecturers tell me 3nodding Hm. I guess I need to brush up on my Egyptian mythology a bit... She had only a minor association with the sun, which was mostly overlooked in favor of Horus. She's better known for the rest of her portfolio, but the solar connection was there.
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2011 7:04 am
I have three.
Persephone, Artemis and the Egyptian cat Goddess Bast or Bastet.
I've always loved the Greek mythologies and those first two in particular really appealed to me out of them all, Persephone for her story and her compassion towards Orphius and Artemis for her Vow of Chastitiy which I found interesting and her cruelty at times which fasinated and terrfied me.
And Bast has some wonderful stories behind her (She is also on some level a sex/fetility Goddess, I think?) and I just love cats.
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 5:21 am
I would have to say that my favorite goddess is Bastet. ~The goddess with the woman's body and the cats head she was connected to protection~ Or Helios the Greek god of the sun.~Why i say this is because i believe that i am some what drawn to his....what to call it....power?~
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Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 12:57 pm
My favorite Goddess is Bast, the Egyptian Goddess of cats, women, sensual pleasures, and the sun. There are relatively superficial reasons as to why I favor her: I have a connection with cats, I'm a bit of a hedonist, and I am a creature for the sun. However, I always have felt her presence with me. I know she watches over me.
My favorite God is Apollo, the Greek God of justice, moderation, pleasure, music, and the sun. There are obviously some correlations between the two. Both are very protective and strong. Neither are afraid to partake in the pleasures of life, as long as moderation and safety are exercised. I believe the same. He guards me from a distance, but I know he's also there.
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